Hakikat Kitabevi Publications No: 10 answer to an enemy of islam

al-Muntahâb fî usûl al-madhhab, which was edited the second
time together with its commentary-index titled 
Hâmî in Pakistan.
Muhammad ibn Muhammad Husâm ad-dîn al-Husâmî passed away in
Farghana in 644/1246. See also the end of the thirty-third article.

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necessity, for, in that case it will be for the advantage of one’s self,
not for protecting one’s religion. It is not permissible to change
one’s madhhab frequently.’ I have given detailed information on
the taqlîd of a madhhab in my book 
Khulâsat at-tahqîq fî bayâni
hukmi ’t-taqlîd wa ’t-talfîq
[1]
.
“It is not permissible to make up 
hîlat Shar’iyya
[2]
in order to
make the halâl harâm or to make the harâm halâl, that is, it is not
a rukhsa approved by Allâhu ta’âlâ. Ibn al-’Izz, in the explanation
of the taqlîd of another madhhab, wrote, ‘One should avoid
making hîlat Shar’iyya a means for one’s own desires without
understanding the words of the a’immat al-madhâhib or knowing
hîlat Shar’iyya.’ It is obvious that muqallids do not know hîlat
Shar’iyya, and they use the word ‘hîla,’ which they have heard
from the a’immat al-madhâhib, in the line of their own desires. Al-
Imâm al-a’zam Abû Hanîfa said that those muftîs who taught hîlat
Shar’iyya were to be punished.
“The rukhsas which Allâhu ta’âlâ likes are the facilities which
He has permitted for those who get into straits while doing His
command. However, it is not permissible to escape doing the
commands or to look for facilities suitable for one’s own reasoning
and understanding. Najm ad-dîn al-Ghazzî wrote in the book 
Husn
at-tanabbuh, ‘The Devil does not let one do the rukhsas permitted
by Allâlu ta’âlâ. For example, he does not let him apply masah on
the mests. He has him wash his feet. One should act upon the
ruhksas but not look for the rukhsas of the madhhabs all the time,
for, it is harâm to gather the facilities of the madhhabs together. It
is a devilish way.’
“Most of the Salaf as-sâlihîn (Muslims of the first two centuries
of Islam) suffered inconveniences. They performed hard ’ibâdât.
You should not do like them! Take the way of the rukhsas stated
clearly in the Qur’ân al-kerîm and the hadîth ash-sherîf! But do
not slander those great people! They were much more learned and
intelligent than you are. You do not know what they knew. Do not
meddle with things you do not know or understand, and do not
follow them. And protect yourself from opposing those great
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[1] Photographic second edition of the Arabic original by Hakîkat
Kitâbevi, Istanbul, 1974.
[2] Doing something suitably with a less-known rule of Islam when it
cannot be done suitably with a well-known rule. See